Ahead of the Class

March 16, 2014

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* EdVenture classes. The University of Hawaii Maui College is offering the following classes. For information or to register, call 984-3231.

** "Energy Monitoring and Reporting: Online Dashboards" with Mark Ausbeck will be from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays through April 8 (no class on March 27). Web-based dashboards are an effective visual tool to influence energy usage and monitor equipment efficiency. Cost is $50.

** "Solar Hot Water Heating: Servicing and Maintenance" with Cliff Rutherford will be at 5 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday. This training includes classroom and hands-on sessions in solar hot water installation, servicing and maintenance for optimal performance. Cost is $239.

* Meditation and Shakti workshop. The following workshops will be at Awakening in Paradise, 1215 S. Kihei Road. Workshops cost $10. For more information, contact (808) 585-1989 or info@omatrixcenter.com.

** "Miracle Meditations" will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Discover profound and powerful ways to heal through the use of meditation.

** "Shakti: The Divine Healing" will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Shakti is a process for energy healing developed by Babaji Maharaj. It looks at the lineage of the family tree and the karmic patterns associated with generations.

* Akaku: Maui Community Television "How to Make Great Videos on Mobile Devices" with Kat Tracy will be from 3 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday and Friday and March 24 and 26 at Akaku, 333 Dairy Road, Kahului. Short-form mobile journalism is the latest, fastest way to tell compelling video stories. Cost is $185 ($150 for Akaku Community Producers and $75 for youth). For more information or to register, call 871-5554.

* Health. "Environmental Benefits of a Plant-Based Diet" with Home Le'amohala, will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Cameron Center, Room 1, 95 Mahalani St., Wailuku. Free. Our modern and complex world tends to develop complicated technological solutions to solve our problems. Many of these technological solutions tend to reveal themselves more as complications than as actual solutions. For more information call 280-6865 or steve@drsteveblake.com

* Maui County Business Resource Center will be holding the following workshops at the Maui Mall, Suite B-9. The workshops are subject to change or cancellation and are free unless otherwise noted. For more information or to reserve a seat, call 873-8247.

** "Business on the Grill" with Maui Business Brainstormers will be from noon to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. Members meet to discuss, share and learn subjects related to starting, running and growing their own business. To attend, RSVP at www.meetup.com/mauibusinessbrainstormers. Nonmembers need to first join the free membership.

** "Developing a Do-Able Social Media Plan" with Nico Fisher will be from noon to 1:15 p.m. Friday. Do you know the 10 simple social media marketing tips and tactics that can help your business grow? Would you like to learn how to be consistent across all social media sites or how to build partnerships with other like-minded business professionals?

* Blues Dance Workshops with visiting instructor Catherine Liggett of Portland, Ore., will be from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Saturday. "Structure & Flow" finding the perfect balance of tone and relaxation; social dancing from 7 to 10 p.m. March 23 from 10 to noon "juicy hips." Free your hips for leaders and followers; 1 to 3 p.m. "musicality playground" super fun solo moves to integrate into partnership. All workshops for all levels of dancers. All workshops held at Sumek Dance in Wailuku. For more information, contact the studio by email sumekdance@gmail.com or call 249-9790. Workshops are $35 each or 3 for $80.